Yelp Scraper

Looking for detailed business profiles, customer reviews, hidden feedback, popular collections, or even related hotspots?
This scraper uncovers it all, straight from Yelp. Perfect for businesses, researchers, marketers, or anyone who loves real insights.

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Why You'll Love It

• Business snapshots: Address, phone, website, specialties, operation hours, payment options — all clean and ready for you.
• Authentic reviews: Get customer opinions, star ratings, photos, and elite badges.
• Hidden feedback: We even grab "Not Recommended" reviews that Yelp pushes aside.
• Popular collections: Discover curated lists where businesses are featured.
• Related businesses: Find competitors, nearby gems, and similar places.
• Works worldwide: Supports all Yelp domains — US, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, Japan, and more.
• Easy setup: Search by URL, business ID, or direct business link. Control how deep you want to go.
• Proxy and retry ready: Stay safe, scrape reliably.

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How It Works

Drop in a Yelp search URL, a business page, or even a Yelp business ID encId. Set how many pages you want. Click run.
Sit back while we fetch everything — beautifully structured and ready for your project.

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What You’ll Get

Each run will hand you:

• Business Info: Name, address, phone, website, open hours, specialties, accepted cards, Wi-Fi availability, delivery/takeout options, and much more.
• Reviews: Full review text, author profiles, star rating, date, review photos, and useful/funny/cool votes.
• Not Recommended Reviews: opinions that Yelp don't recommend.
• Related Collections: Yelp's curated lists where the business is featured.
• Review Highlights: Extract top-review snippets and popular dishes or services.
• Related Businesses: Nearby or similar businesses (with a sample review and photo).
• Q&A Section: Top questions customers ask (if available).

All in clean JSON — easy to work with for apps, dashboards, or Excel sheets.

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Input Options

Field	What it Does	Example
search_urls	Start with Yelp search results	https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Coffee&find_loc=New+York
location	Set search geolocation	Paris
biz_urls	Start directly from business pages	https://www.yelp.com/biz/blue-bottle-coffee-new-york puesto-concord-3
biz_ids	Start from known Yelp business IDs (only EncId)	jqBm3zIluX0AvdkJJ3RqGg
limit	How many pages to scrape	40
domain	Which Yelp country site	www.yelp.com

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Example Input

{
  "search_urls": [
    "https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=brunch&find_loc=San+Francisco"
  ],
  "limit": 3,
  "domain": "www.yelp.com",
  "retry": 3,
  "proxySettings": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

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Real Example: What Happens?

Searching “Coffee shops in Zurich” could get you:

• Boréal Coffee Shop profile — address, website, phone number, their specialties like "organic coffee," and business hours.
• 10 nearby coffee places like Sprüngli, Bovelli, and Babu’s Bakery — with mini reviews and ratings.
• Customer Reviews: Real people’s experiences, like how cozy Boréal feels or why locals love their lattes.
• Hidden Reviews: Unfiltered feedback, sometimes hidden on Yelp but gold for researchers.
• Collections: Lists like "Best coffee spots in Zurich" where Boréal is featured.

All without manually clicking anything!

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Perfect For

• Local business research
• Competitive analysis
• Market trend spotting
• Lead generation for B2B
• Academic research
• Building Yelp-based apps

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Tips for Best Results

• Use search queries (search_urls) to explore entire areas or niches.
• Provide direct biz_urls or biz_ids if you know the business you want.
• Set reasonable limit to stay fast and efficient.

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⚖️ Legal Notice

This actor is designed to extract publicly available data from Yelp. While scraping public information is generally legal in many jurisdictions, you are solely responsible for complying with local laws and Yelp’s terms of service. Do not use this actor to collect sensitive data or for any unethical purposes such as spamming or harassment. By using this actor, you agree to do so lawfully and at your own risk. Neither the developer nor Apify assumes liability for how the data is used.

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❓ FAQ

Can I scrape any Yelp business or search page?
Yes, as long as the page is public and accessible without login. You can use search URLs, business page URLs, or business IDs.

Does this actor collect reviews marked as “Not Recommended”?
Yes! It includes both standard and hidden (not recommended) reviews whenever they’re available.

What’s the difference between search_urls, biz_urls, and biz_ids?

• search_urls: Full Yelp search result links to discover multiple businesses.
• biz_urls: Direct links to individual business pages.
• biz_ids: Yelp business Ids (like jqBm3zIluX0AvdkJJ3RqGg).

How deep does it crawl?
You control depth with the limit parameter (up to 40 pages per search URL/query).

Is this actor legal to use?
Yes, scraping public data is legal in many cases — but you're responsible for ensuring compliance with local laws and Yelp’s terms. See our legal notice above.

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Need Help?

Questions? Ideas? Bugs?
Reach out through Apify Support We’re always happy to help.